diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a8b605e888f..c0673c69468 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-dateutil",
     "python-dotenv", # optional dependencies for Flask but required for Superset, see https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/installation/#optional-dependencies
     "python-geohash",
-    "pyarrow>=18.1.0, <19",
+    "pyarrow>=16.1.0, <17", # before upgrading pyarrow, check that all db dependencies support this, see e.g. https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/34693
     "pyyaml>=6.0.0, <7.0.0",
     "PyJWT>=2.4.0, <3.0",
     "redis>=4.6.0, <5.0",
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 2041f7dea9d..c64d081addd 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ prison==0.2.1
     # via flask-appbuilder
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.51
     # via click-repl
-pyarrow==18.1.0
+pyarrow==16.1.0
     # via apache-superset (pyproject.toml)
 pyasn1==0.6.1
     # via
diff --git a/requirements/development.txt b/requirements/development.txt
index a35654c374c..b210597e7cb 100644
--- a/requirements/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/development.txt
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ psutil==6.1.0
     # via apache-superset
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.6
     # via apache-superset
-pyarrow==18.1.0
+pyarrow==16.1.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/base.txt
     #   apache-superset